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Oh okay. I've been trying on my laptop. I'll try my i-phone. Thanks.

How strange... I'm not able to.

You can also book Specialty Dining for February cruises as well. Just need the danged promo credits to work.

Just noticed that Specialty Dining reservations are now open for our late January 2023 cruise. But unfortunately there's no option to use our HIA dining credits. Can I assume that it's a "work in progress" and they'll enable the feature soon? Are those of you sailing later this year able to use your credits to pre-book? Also, unfortunately there is no option to pre-reserve the MDR at this point.

I can understand both sides of this issue. We love Lincoln Center and we're looking forward to our upcoming Rotterdam sailings where they are performing on the Music Walk, far away from the dining room busyness.

We made the mistake once of depending on HAL to make the transfer from one ship to another. Big mistake. Totally disorganized and we were walking across a few busy traffic areas. Would have been much easier to just grab a cab.

Until Final Payment you can have as many cruises booked as you want. Just realize that you will need to put a deposit down for any that you want to pre-book. Or, at least, put a hold on any that you are interested in. The hold usually lasts about 5 days I believe.

Was this a recent stay?

Crew News has the BEST site for info: https://rogerjett-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/7-Day-Late-Buffet.pdf

This might be outdated info but this is the number I used in the past Holland America - phone number to call to transfer bookings - 1 800 522 3399 #4

You know how you ignore someone, and then every once in a while you figure what the heck and you go ahead and read one of their posts? Ya.... don't do that. 😆

The HIA package includes gratuity. So every drink $11 and under is covered completely, up to the 15 drink limit.

Not necessarily. We have two "free" dinners on three consecutive cruises next year and they all include Pinnacle Grill and Tamarind.

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to trying mofungo for the first time.

Exactly. My TA just did it for me. Surprisingly, what I thought was $150 OBC per cabin became $175 OBC for each of us!

Interesting... hopefully someone who has cruised recently or is cruising currently can update us.

You can book a date but not a time. My pricing is in CAN$, so I don't know the US pricing.

Just checked our cruise on the Sky Princess next February and under Onboard Services -> Food & Beverage Experiences, the Ultimate Balcony Breakfast and Ultimate Balcony Dinner are available to pre-book. They weren't there a few days ago. 👍

Totally get that. I purposely never look after making final payment, just cause it can break your heart! 😉

Interesting. I am literally dealing with this right now. My TA is cancelling and rebooking our last of three consecutive cruises because the current promotion includes Free Gratuities and $50 more in OBC. IMO totally worth it, considering what we will end up saving.

Wow that truly sucks. We're cruising with Princess directly after our HAL cruises, and I pre-reserved our MDR meals there weeks ago. Add that to their Signature Dining Package being available for in room delivery and on Princess Cays. Not happy with my usually favorite cruise line right now.

I've been waiting for Dining Reservations to open for our cruises early next year. Just read some comments that reserving dinners in the MDR on a daily basis is no longer an option. Is that true??

This is Crew News' most recent update of the Wine Packages - https://rogerjett-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sommelier-Suite-2021.pdf

Just too far out for booking is my guess. We're cruising in January and paying full dollar and I can't book our dining yet either.

I’m counting on it being the same and booked it. 👍